Campaign ribbon badge assembly



Aug. 16, 1949. A. A. RAEBURN 2,479,404

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Patented Aug. 16, 1949 i QF FICE Bewmssmm Abnen;A. Rn'eburn, New` York', N; Y; Apsuwmnsmx;5, 194s, semina. sans:

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This inventionf-relatesto ajVstructuraliy-andj functionally improved mounting and .especially av mounting for campaign ribbons land-similarideeorations.y

The present applica tion-l` is aj'continuationjin part ofA my `earlierf"apiczliation'hforUnited jstates Iietters- Patent filed on Apriif-Sg 1945;; andj'idenya tied under vSerial 'Number' 586,323;

ItL isv an object-of theinvention;tofurnishja' mounting of this type whichmay readiy bedsa sembled byi the clerk of a store Selling? 511911 mountings; the consumen orby-anjrremallyA une, skilledn person; such4 assemblyV being achievedf'in accordance with the'wishes` u'of then customer and withoutv it being necessary toliavey the orderlled" by-lthe Ymanufacturer of the unit.

A further object is'that ofrproviding--aj earn;- paignribbon mounting-in which the vseveralI willA remain inproperlyA assembled condition without any probability of` accidentai displace; ment off these Vparts occurring.- Attire-Sametime it will bepracticableefor the `user vtedeliberate]yeieot a disassemblyand 1re-assembly gf the-parts without the u sebfany" special tools should this. appearv to be necessary or "desirable gatfaj-subsef., quentdate.`

Still: another object isgjthat" oiffumishingra unit oir this i'fypeA which Willjt include relatively fewparts each, lindividual-ly; simple 'anrdgruggedfin constructionand:eapableoffrnanufacture by `automaticfmachinesandfmethods; such partsl/whensoj assembled 'cooperating to Yfurnish ya device Vhaving along,'useullifa` e With these and other obects'in mind'referer-ice^ isihact to4 the attached' sheet ot'drawings.- illustrating practical embodimentstot thefnvention. andrinwhich:

Fig. s 1v is a; persneotiteI fvisura-vai armounting'in partially assembled .condition-v Fig. 2am` a `similar:View ofthemountmgvebar;

3 is aperspectiva View of a ribbon v mount-- element. with portions ofthe:ribbon:zbmken away tot dis-Close;underlying"-cunstucizioriY;-

Fig. 4 isra similar-view off; that elemente-mth thexibbon-removedtherefrom;

Fiery; 5. is a vewtsim'rlar :toiFig: abut showin the inner` faceof the-element;

Fig. 61 is a. transversesectionak view takenalong the-lines `|i-.-t\'fend in: therdirection o# .the arrows "hummm m11 1.

2 Figi; 7" is a view ink 'slightly enlarged scale snni-f la; Eigjrf; but illustrating an alternative forni' Qfcpnsmmvmand 1152s." 8 1S" a] perspective view'of the-@bea meuntfne elementi as ShQWIrin-Ia' 7 and with;

regeive'retaining elements (not shown) softhat thel` barrniaybe secured against dislodgment frorntlre` garment to which it is applied; At this tirne itjisto be understood that` this form Aof seouringthe mounting ineansis merely illustrative and thaty anyV desired structure :night bev associated with the-bar to effect `the desired results. shownjespeoialiy in Figs. 2 and 6 the oppo sitejfaces ofthe'mounting bar are formed with transverselyfextending Vcorrugations I3. These Inaymbe of'ajslit-'like character and vhave their ends terminating'fshort `ofthe edge zone of the be; Accordingly-y, smoothV edge portions Il are provided for the purposes hereinafter broughtv out.'

Theribbon mounting elementsshould each be oi aj" length such Athat theyv correspond to the width of; the ribbonwhich they are to individually mount: Onesuch element has been shown to best advaifxtagein` Figs. 4 and 5. In Figs. 4 and 5 the nuxneralfV lf'indicates-the body of this unit. This bodyfisformed oa ductile orfiexible `metal and may beprovidedjwith a central longitudinally ex'-V tendingsloti6. The side edges of the body are extendedrearwardly'and inwardly as at |1- and thencefrearwardly `and outwardly as at 18. For thefpurposes eiT illustration the spacing of= the parts hasbeen somewhat exaggerated in'the annexeddrawings. In any event it Willbe apparent thatncidentfto the inwardly ektending portions H afchannelis'furnished such that the elements may be supported upon the bar l0. 'I'lmrearwardly andoutwardlyY turned edge portions -I8 andinwardlyextending por-tions I1 furnish channeis "forreceiying the out edges or a' ribbon 20: Ihe latter may be= folded upon itself-1. ad-Jacent these edges as has been indicated at 2|. Preferably the entire faces of body l5 are formed with corrugations extending in a transverse direction and throughout the zones of the inturned and outturned portions I1 and I8. These corrugations which may also be slit-like, furnish between the rear surface of part I'I and the inner face of part I8, gripping portions which rmly engage the material of the ribbon and prevent a displacement thereof after pressure has once been applied and with the ribbon in position upon the elements.

As will be understood the bodies I5 have ribbons 2B mounted thereon by employing suitable machines. A store will carry in stock a desired number of these completed ribbon mounting element of ribbons. The store will also carry onl '4 tended to project into the channels furnished by the outwardly extending portions 26 and inwardly extending portions 25. Incident to the corrugations 28 and 29, these ribbon edges will be gripped against displacement.

Anyone, in assembling the mounting, will proceed as aforedescri-bed in connection with the structures of Figs. 1 to 6. In the event that a service man desires supplementary units associated with the mounting such as Ibattle stars then, of course, the unit described in the earlier gures should be employed in that that assembly includes slots Il and I6 capable of accommodating such units. Otherwise the structure shown in Figs. 7 and 8 may be slotted. l Regardless of this, however, the clerk will simply selectthe ribbon mounting elements according to proper se- 1 quence. These will be sequentially slid onto the hand a suitable number of ribbon mounting bars.

These bars may be of any desired length. As shown, they may lconveniently serve to mount three ribbon elements. lesser number of such elements may be mounted according to the length of the bar which is employed. The clerk, salesman or consumer will simply slide upon the bar the selected ribbon elements, as in Fig. 3, to produce an assembly as in Fig. 1. As is apparent, the bar is received within the-element` incident to the T-shaped channel forming a part of the latter. In this connection it is obvious that .the pins l2 or other mounting units for the bar may freely pass within the space furnished between the opposed inner ends of the inwardly extending portion H. In so sliding the ribbon mounting elements upon .the bar, no substantial difficulty willbe experienced by the clerk, consumer or salesman because of the smooth edge zones I4. However, when the bar has once been assembled with the elements and the entire mounting has been disposed upon a garment, it is apparent that the surface of the latter will press against the rear edge portion of the ribbon mounting element. With such pressure the corrugations I 3 of the bar will cooperate with the corrugations I9 of the element. Therefore any tendency of the latter to accidentallyrslide or. shift longitudinally with respect to the bar will be prevented. This eiect will be emphasized to even a greater extent should the entire assembly assume a slightly arcuate shape as will almost inevitably occur when the user once dons the garment. In any event, all strain to which the parts are likely to Kbe subjected in normal-use will occur in a lateral direction rather than longitudinally of the bar and thus the cooperating effect of the corrugations will be emphasized.-

The same results are achievable by the structures shown in Figs. '7 and 8. In those views the reference numeral 22 indicates a mounting bar. formed with rows of corrugations 23 in its opposite faces and at points spaced from its side edges. The numeral 25 indicates a ribbon mounting element which has its longitudinal side edges extended rearwardly and inwardly as at 25 and thence rearwardly Vand outwardly as at 26. The inner face of body 24 may be formed with rows of corrugations 21. Similar rows of corrugations 28 are formed in the inwardly extending portions 25. Final rows of corrugations 28 are preferably formed Vin the outwardly extending portions 25 of body 24. All of these rows are preferably substantially in line with each other and spaced a distance equal to the spacing of the rows of corrugations 23 of the mounting bar 22. As is apparent, the side ,edges of a ribbon 30 may be ex-` Obviously a greater or,

mounting bar 22. Such sliding action will not be difficult because of the smooth surfaces inter- Vvening the corrugations 23 and `the outer side edges Vof the mounting bar. However, when the assembly is once applied to the wearers garment then the Vcorrugations 23 upon the opposite faces 1. A campaign ribbon badge mounting includirl-g in combination a substantially flat bar, a

ribbon-supporting element comprising a substantially vflat body presenting inner and outer faces and longitudinal edge portions integral with and inturned with respect to and spaced from the inner face of said body to provide a T-shaped channel to slidably receive said bar, such longitudinal edge portions being continued in the form of outturned terminal portions such that channels are provided between said inturned and out-turned portions, a ribbon extending across said body and having its side edges disposed within said latter channels, the surfaces of such portions be. ing corrugated to provide a gripping structure to retain between them such ribbon and the surface of suchrbar adjacent the corrugations formed in the inturned edge portions of the element being formed with c-ooperating corrugations, whereby said elementrwill have its movements over said bar restrained in a manner such that substantial force must be applied to slide said element over the bar mounting the same.

2. A campaign ribbon badge mounting including in combination a substantially iiat bar, a ribbon-supporting element comprising a substantially flat body presenting inner and outer faces and longitudinal edge portions integral with and inturned with respect to and'spaced from the inner face of said body to provide a T-shaped channel to slidably receive said bar, such longitudinal edge portions being continued in the form of outturned terminal portions such that channelsare provided between said inturned and out-turned portions, a ribbon extending across said body and having its side edges disposed within said latter channels, the surfaces of said element being formed with transverse corrugations extending throughout the out-turned: and inturned edge invenportions and across the body of the same, the corrugations of such portions providing a, gripping structure to retain therebetween such side edges Iof the ribbon and the opposite faces of said bar Ibeing formed with corrugations cooperating with the corrugations formed in the body and inturned edge porti-ons of such element whereby said element will have its movements over said bar restrained in a manner such that substantial force must be applied to slide said element over the bar mounting the same.

ABNER A. RAEBURN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,173,998 Depew Feb. 29, 1916 1,413,468 Gaunt Apr. 18, 1922 2,413,056 LeVyn Dec. 24, 1946 l0 2,464,395 Hnborn Mar. 15, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 142,546 Great Britain May 4, 1920 

